Kyawswa II of Pinya


Kyawswa II of Pinya was king of Pinya from 1350 to 1359. He had little effective control over his southern vassals but agreed to an alliance with Pinyas longtime rival Sagaing to face off the northern Shan state of Mong Mao. In 135859, while he tried to help Sagaing in the north, his home region of Kyaukse came under attack first by his erstwhile vassal Toungoo, and later by Mong Mao Shans. He died during the Shan raids.

The future king was born to Princess Nan Lon Me of Pagan and Viceroy Kyawswa of Pinle, c. early 1328. A grandson of King Thihathu of MyinsaingPinya and King Kyawswa of Pagan, he hailed from both Myinsaing and Pagan royal lines. He had five full siblings and at least two halfsiblings. He grew up in Pinle but moved to Pinya in 1344 when his father became the undisputed ruler of Pinya Kingdom. Although he was only the second eldest son, the younger Kyawswa was made the heirapparent his elder brother Uzana who had weakparalyzed legs was passed over. The appointment apparently did not go well with Kyawswa Is brother Nawrahta, who defected to Sagaing in 1349.

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